When Life Pauses: Navigating Surgery & Recovery in Motherhood & Intimate Life

When Life Pauses: Navigating Surgery & Recovery in Motherhood & Intimate Life

In this episode, I’m opening up about something really personal, my upcoming spinal surgery.

To be honest, I’ve been feeling a mix of fear and a tonne of vulnerability. It’s all happened so fast and it's been a lot to carry.

As I’ve been processing everything, it’s made me reflect on how many of us face these unexpected life moments that we don't see coming. The ones that knock the wind out of us. And yet, somehow, we keep showing up. And I wanted to speak to that.

This experience aligns so much with the postpartum period too, something so many of us quietly struggle through, with all the challenges in intimacy, the emotional shifts, and the pressure to “bounce back” when what we really need is time and understanding, so we can heal.

If you’ve ever felt like you had to hold it all together, even while falling apart inside, you’re not alone. I see you. And this conversation is an invitation to honour all of the different seasons we move through, not just the joyful ones, but the tender, in-between spaces too.

At the end of the episode, I guide you through a calming self-affirmation exercise. It’s something that’s helped me stay grounded, and that I'll be using myself on the long road to recovery post-surgery.

I hope it offers you a moment of peace, encouragement, and the reminder that you are never alone in this journey.

LINKS

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•Website: vilates.com

•Sensual Activation Suite: www.vilates.com/sensualactivationsuite/p/sensual-activation-suite

•Rebirth 1:1 coaching: https://www.vilates.com/the-rebirth-intimate-coaching

•Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vilates_/

•Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fs2KlkHNzICKAg2crZSMB

•Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ecology-of-intimacy-podcast/id1772602980

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